Chenille curtain upcycle

 I've been upcycling chenille bedspreads into curtains, and a Victorian ceramic cookie jar into a vase (simply spray painted white).



...and taking some photos around the house, working my styling skills. I made the tufted headboard above with curtains that came with my home when I bought it, some diy covered buttons, a scrap of dense foam and a piece of plywood. Pillows are upcycled from vintage quilts, dresses, doilies, men's western snap button shirts and vintage ties.

Vintage Boho

Found these images in a vintage crafter magazine, and they were too
wonderful not to scan and blog. Below: make your own gypsy bag
out of an old rug!

Thrifting finds, ponchoriffic!

At the mere mention of "Let's take some photos," my daughter shoots up out of
her chair and runs to do makeup and hair.  Rest assured, the word homework
doesn't get the same enthusiasm! The last week or so I've been coming across
all of these remarkable ponchos and amazing leather coats. The thrift gods seem
to be on my side clothing-wise. She was hesitant at first when I handed her a
poncho... she asked me, "Are you sure it won't seem racist?" Ahahaha, I remember
a period during the 80s when EVERYBODY was wearing those poncho-esque

Arrrgh, she says. Scan, she does. Pillage the house for things that look good pressed against lit up glass, she means.

I've been on this huge scanning kick lately, scanning anything and everything in the house, and looking up all the scans I can find on flickr and google searches for inspiration. I've apparently done a real number on my scanner... let's just say customer service at Canon isn't my biggest fan right now. I say things to them like, "Oooooh, I think I just found the problem, a button and a piece of a cucumber."  It's still broken, and I'm hoping that a magical unicorn will show up on my door and hand me a scanner with a 3 foot by 4 foot scanning bed and a drum scanner for medium format film. C'mon, universe. Gimme some big technology.

Fall goodness

Completely amazing bags by Irana Douer
Vintage floral overlay by Christine Parker
Angelina by the69th by Ruby Mag